Chapters 21-25 Summary

In Chapter 21, on an almost daily basis, Bruno waits for Guy outside Guy's office. Soon, Bruno begins mailing Guy drawings of Bruno's home and property and diagrams of the murder that Guy should carry out. The twenty-first letter directly mentions Anne, asking Guy whether or not Anne should know more about Miriam's murder. Next, Guy receives a gun from Bruno -a Luger. He decides to keep it in his underwear drawer until he decides what to do with it. The letters are at first annoying, and then relentless, and Guy feels as though they are eating away at his resolve. Guy burns the letters, and prepares to head out onto Long Island with Anne to go walking and be together, and then drive up to Alton the following day to see their new house.

They spend the day together near Anne's...